Beyond traditional metrics: evaluating the triglyceride-total cholesterol-body weight index (TCBI) in cardiovascular risk assessment by Mohsen Rezaee, Farzam Kamrani, Mobina Imannezhad, Hamed Hashemi Shahri, Waleed Khaled Saihood, Alireza Rezvani, Parsa Mearaji Far, Hanie Mahaki, Habibollah Esmaily, Mohsen Moohebati, Mohammad Shariati, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Susan Darroudi

“…The primary outcomes evaluated include both the incidence and mortality rates associated with CVD. Methods A prospective cohort study was conducted on Mashhad stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorder (MASHAD) study data, involving 9704 healthy participants. …”
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Clinical value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor in predicting sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Wenwen Zhang, Yue Gu, Jing Zhou, Juntao Wang, Xiaoru Zhao, Xiaoyu Deng, Han Li, Lei Yan, Xiaojing Jiao, Fengmin Shao

“…Background Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (S-AKI) is a critical illness and is often associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is an important immune mediator and is involved in kidney injury. …”
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Predicting cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality using the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio: Insights from explainable machine learning models by Jichao Wu, Die Huang, Jiefang Li, Jingxing Yi, Yu Lei, Jun Yin

“…Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death globally, with its incidence and mortality rates continuing to rise. While commonly used biomarkers such as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and blood glucose are widely applied, they have certain limitations. …”
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Temporal Analysis of the Incidence, Mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years of Benign Gallbladder and Biliary Diseases in High-Income Nations, 1990–2019 by Dominic W. Proctor, BMBS, MSc, Richard Goodall, BSc, MBChB, MRCS, FHEA, Kim Borsky, MBBS, MMRCS, Justin D. Salciccioli, MBBS, MA, Dominic C. Marshall, MBBS, MRCP, BSc, Kumaran Shanmugarajah, MD, PhD, Joseph Shalhoub, BSc, MBBS, FHEA, PhD, DIC, MEd, FFSTEd, FRCS, FEBVS

“…Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIRs), age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs), and DALYs data for gallbladder and biliary diseases in males and females were extracted from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. …”
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The effects of Fraxini cortex and Andrographis herba on Escherichia coli-induced diarrhea in chicken by Yunying Wang, Zhenwei Sheng, Huicong Li, Xuewen Tan, Yingqiu Liu, Weimin Zhang, Wuren Ma, Lin Ma, Yunpeng Fan

“…The findings indicated that Fraxini cortex and Andrographis herba dramatically lowered mortality rates and alleviated pathologic changes in cases of avian E. coli diarrhea (P < 0.05). …”
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Temporal trends of presumed cardiac origin out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence in Guangzhou, southern China: A 10-year consecutive analysis by Tianqi Yang, Cai Wen, Yan Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Junpeng Liu, Zhenzhou Li, Shuangming Li, Na Peng, Hao Wu, Li Li, Tao Yu

“…Background: Despite the rising disease mortality rates, there is a dearth of studies on the incidence and trends of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in China. …”
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Exploring the effects of dietary methionine supplementation on European seabass mucosal immune responses against Tenacibaculum maritimum by Inês Carvalho, Inês Carvalho, Diogo Peixoto, Diogo Peixoto, Inês Ferreira, Inês Ferreira, Diego Robledo, Diego Robledo, Lourenço Ramos-Pinto, Rodolfo Miguel Silva, José Fernando Gonçalves, Marina Machado, Carolina Tafalla, Benjamin Costas, Benjamin Costas

“…These findings, together with the lower mRNA expression of proinflammatory genes in the head kidney and the higher mortality rates observed in this group, suggest a potential impairment of the immune response.…”
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The effects of vessel speed and size on the lethality of strikes of large whales in U.S. waters by Lance P. Garrison, Niki E. Lisi, Meghan Gahm, Eric M. Patterson, Hannah Blondin, Hannah Blondin, Caroline P. Good

“…Model-based estimates of mortality rates, which inform management strategies to reduce vessel strike mortality, typically assume a reduced likelihood that a whale-vessel collision will be lethal to the whale at slower vessel speeds. …”
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Global and Regional Burden of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Attributable to Low Physical Activity From 1990 to 2021 by Lihang Yang, Diya Xie, Fengmin Liu, Jiaying Lin, Xin Lin, Yuquan Chen, Kun Zhang

“…Methods We utilized data including disability‐adjusted life years (DALYs), mortality, age‐standardized disability‐adjusted life years (ASDR), and age‐standardized mortality rates (ASMR) from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021. …”
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Employing a low-code machine learning approach to predict in-hospital mortality and length of stay in patients with community-acquired pneumonia by Hao Chen, Shurui Zhang, Hiromi Matsumoto, Nanami Tsuchiya, Chihiro Yamada, Shunsuke Okasaki, Atsushi Miyasaka, Kentaro Yumoto, Daiki Kanou, Fumihiro Kashizaki, Harumi Koizumi, Kenichi Takahashi, Masato Shimizu, Nobuyuki Horita, Takeshi Kaneko

“…Abstract Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is associated with high mortality rates and often results in prolonged hospital stays. …”
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Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) and mortality among survivors of liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study by Danial Fotros, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-khamene, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari

“…In the present study, we decided to investigate the possibility of a connection between the consumption of fermentable olig-, di-, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) and mortality rates in cirrhotic patients by utilizing data obtained from a prospective cohort study. …”
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CK19 protein expression: the best cutoff value on the prognosis and the prognosis model of hepatocellular carcinoma by Chenglei Yang, Wanyan Xiang, Zongze Wu, Nannan Li, Guoliang Xie, Juntao Huang, Lixia Zeng, Hongping Yu, Bangde Xiang

“…Due to the high incidence and mortality rates of HCC, more effective and practical prognostic prediction models need to be developed urgently. …”
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Phytomedicinal armamentarium: A review of inula racemosa-derived alantolactones and isoalantolactones in anticancer therapy by Joshi Gaurav Santoshrao, Smriti Jamwal, Rakesh Kumar, Ekta Bisht, Bisen Harsh Krishnakumar, Shreya Katoch, R.K. Asrani

“…Background: Cancer remains a significant health challenge, with increasing incidence and mortality rates attributed to lifestyle factors and environmental pollutants. …”
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NCAPD3‐mediated AKT activation regulates prostate cancer progression by Yi Zhang, Wanlin Xie, Xicui Zong, Yuanyuan Fang, Jia Ren, Zuolei Jing, Yong Wei, Shan Lu, Qingyi Zhu, Ping Liu

“…Abstract Despite therapeutic improvements in prostate cancer treatment, the recurrence and mortality rates are still high, and the underlying mechanisms still need further study. …”
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Improved Outcomes following the Establishment of a Neurocritical Care Unit in Saudi Arabia by Ibrahim Soliman, Waleed Tharwat Aletreby, Fahad Faqihi, Nasir Nasim Mahmood, Omar E. Ramadan, Ahmad Fouad Mady, Babar Kahlon, Abdulrahman Alharthy, Peter Brindley, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…Group 2 also had lower ICU and hospital mortality rates (5.3% versus 10.2% and 9.1% versus 19.5%, respectively; all p<0.05). …”
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Effectiveness and safety of an emergency department-based rapid response system by Fanny Delfanti, Guido Bertolini, Giovanni Nattino, Giulia Acquistapace, Daniela De Palma, Piergiuseppe Ferrari, Sara Martinenghi, Stefano Maiandi, Marco Rossi, Anna Lilia Ruocco, Maria Teresa Spina, Benedetta Chiodi, Stefano Paglia

“…DiD analysis showed no significant reductions in either ICU transfer (p=0.77) or mortality rates (p=0.15) between MET and non-MET wards. …”
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Infectious bursal disease virus affecting interferon regulatory factor 7 signaling through VP3 protein to facilitate viral replication by Zhiyuan Wang, Yang Chen, Yanyan Chen, Rui Chen, Weiwei Wang, Shichen Hu, Yihai Li, Hongjun Chen, Ping Wei, Xiumiao He

“…Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a double-stranded RNA virus that induces immune suppression and high mortality rates in chickens aged 3-6 weeks. Previous studies have shown that IBDV infection antagonizes the type I interferon production to facilitate viral replication in the cell, and IRF7 signaling might play an important role. …”
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Trends and future predictions of chronic kidney disease due to diabetes mellitus type 2 attributable to dietary risks: insights based on GBD 2021 data by Ming Xu, Ming Xu, Hongxia Wei, Hongxia Wei, Dongqing Lv, Dongqing Lv, Yanhong Wei, Yanhong Wei, Ziang Liu, Ziang Liu, Yi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yunfeng Liu, Yunfeng Liu, Yunfeng Liu

“…Geographic disparities in T2DM trends are evident, with the most significant increases in age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and age-standardized DALY rates (ASDR) observed in regions such as high-income North America and Central Latin America. …”
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A socioecological taxonomy of determinants to colorectal cancer screening in black men: Insights from a mixed-methods systematic review by P.J. Zaire, E. Miller, A.P. Ewing, J. Hefner, K. Wright, L.H. Smith

“…Background: In the United States, African/Black American (henceforth Black) men face significantly higher mortality rates from colorectal cancer (CRC) compared to other gender, racial, and ethnic groups. …”
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The Potency of Essential Oils in Combating Stored-Product Pests: From Nature to Nemesis by Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Nikoleta Eleftheriadou, Constantin S. Filintas, Maria C. Boukouvala, Demeter Lorentha S. Gidari, Anna Skourti, Dionysios Ntinokas, Marta Ferrati, Eleonora Spinozzi, Riccardo Petrelli, Filippo Maggi

“…Two EO concentrations (500 and 1000 µL/kg wheat) were applied to different life stages of these pests in the bioassays. Mortality rates were monitored over several days under controlled environmental conditions. …”
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